Clarion 1946-05-29 Vol 25 No 10

THE BETHEL CLARION
VOL. XXV—No. 10 Bethel Junior College and Seminary, St. Paul, Minn. MAY 29, 1946
FIFTY-FOUR GRADUATE TONITE
After making two concert tours
through Iowa and Illinois, a n d
singing in s e v e r al Twin City
churches, the Bethel Girls' Chorus
closed its season last Friday even-ing
in the college chapel with a
concert of sacred, classical, and
spiritual music.
Included in the program were:
"We Thank Thee Lord" by Bort-niansky,
"I Lo v e to Hear the
Story" by Overly, "We Sing Thy
Praise" by Tkach, "Ezekiel Saw
de Wheel" by Noble Cain, "Sing
a Joyous Song," "I Got a Robe"
by Burleigh, "Adoration" by Bor-owski,
"T h e Lord's Prayer" by
Malotte, "Love, Divine" by Wohl-fiel,
"Were You There When They
Crucified My Lord" by Burleigh,
"I Walked Today Where Jesus
Walked" by O'Hara, and "Open
Our Eyes" by Macfarlane. Carol
Landberg, violinist provided
two instrumental solos.
The girls sang last Thursday at
a meeting of the University of
Minnesota chapter of the Inter-var-sity
Fellowship, and will sing to-night
at the commencement exerci-ses
in the Elim Baptist Church.
Students Honored
at Class Program
This morning at 10:00 A. M. the
annual Class Day Program was
held in the Bethel College Chapel.
The program began with a prelude
by Marian Lund, and congrega-tional
singing of "0 Zion Haste."
G r ace Swanson, seminary gradu-ate
led in devotions. Pres. Henry
Wingblade then brought a mess-age,
and a girls' trio sang.
Coach Paul Edwards made
awards for athletic achievements.
Eleven awards were ma d e for
girls' basketball, nine for boys'
basketball, • and eleven for boys'
baseball. Two of the boys, Robert
Nelson and Robert Sandin also re-ceived
letter sweaters, having won
two letters in both baseball and
basketball.
Awards for work on the student
publications were next made by
Advisor LaVon Berthel. Thirteen
charms and six honorable men-tion
awards were made to the
Clarion and Spire staffs. Miss
Berthel also gave f our bronze
charms to the school's debate
team.
Bronze charms were awarded by
Prof. Nels Stjernstrom to twenty
girls' chorus members f or two
years service in the chorus.
After Warren Valine had sung,
"I Will Pilot Thee" by Wilson,
Pres. Wingblade presented a num-ber
of prizes and scholarships and
the presidents of the two gradu-ating
classes, Warren Magnuson
and James Anderson, presented
the class gifts. Mr. Valine sang
"Hold Thou My Hand" by Briggs.
Valedictorians for the college and
seminary then made their class
day speeches. Miss Kirstein's sub-ject
was "The Forward Look" and
Mr. Johnson spoke on "Spiritual
Reconstruction." The meeting was
dismissed with prayer.
With a view to obtaining greater
efficiency for next year, student
organizations at Bethel have held
elections in recent chapel periods.
At the lastest election held on
Tuesday, May 21, next year's pub-lication
staffs were chosen. Gord-on
Krantz will head the Clarion
workers, with Florence Bergman
a s assistant editor a n d Wilbur
Peterson as business manage r.
The job of editing next year's
Spire was given to Maynard John-son,
and Joyce Dubuque will be
assistant and Margie Erickson,
business manager.
Continued on Page 2
Diplomas Given
In Elim Church
The annual commencement exer-cises
of Bethel Junior College and
Seminary will be held tonight,
Wednesday, at 8:00 P. M. in the
Elim Baptist Church. The church,
which has Rev. John G. Johnson
as its pastor, is located at 13th
Avenue and Madison St. in Minn-eapolis.
It is an interesting side-light
that Bethel Academy carried on
in the Elim Church for two years
after the school was founded in
1905, prior to the erection of a
school building on Como Avenue
and Carter St. at Anthony Park.
Speaker at the graduation pro-gram
will be Congressman Walter
J u d d, former medical missionary,
who will address the graduates on
the subject, "The Road Ahead."
As in former years, the Bethel
Girls' Chorus will sing.
Large classes are to be gradu-ated
from both the college and the
seminary. Degrees of Associate in
Arts will be awarded to thirty-six
college students, and two others
will receive the new degree of As-s
o c i a t e in Religious Education.
Nine degrees of Bachelor of The-ology
will be awarded to seminary
students, and eight Bachelor of
Divinity degrees will be given.
A recent announcement from the
seminary f a c u l t y revealed that
Gordon Johnson, former Navy
chaplain, will be valedictorian for
the seminary class of '46. Lucille
Kirstein will be valedictorian for
the graduates of the junior college.
Summer School
To Open June 5
T h e first summer session o f
Bethel Junior College will open on
June 5, with some thirty students,
several of whom are veterans of
World War II, i n attendance.
Courses offered include three-cred-it
courses in Modern World His-tory,
Elements of Political Science,
and Problems of Philosophy, and
five-credit courses in Introductory
Sociology and Literature. A three-credit
Bible course is also being
offered under Dr. K. J. Karlson.
Other professoi's for the summer
term will be C. E. Carlson, Swan
A. Engwall, and Effie V. Nelson.
Classes will meet four times a
week for seven periods a day from
7:45 to 2:05. Students may not
register for in o r e than twelve
credits of work. The term ends
on July 26.
VALEDICTORIANS
Bethel's valedictorians spoke this morning at the annual class-day
program. The seminary's Gordon Johnson spoke on "Spiritual Recon-struction,"
and the college's Lucille Kirstein on "The Forward Look."
Eighteen Get Scholarships
1) Dr. Martin Ericsson First Forensic Prize, fifteen dollars, to Harold
Christenson.
2) Dr. Martin Ericsson Second Forensic Prize, ten dollars, to Charles
Germany.
3) Gordh Memorial Scholarship, twenty-five dollars, to Robert Unmack.
4) Fred Swedberg Memorial Scholarship, twenty-five dollars, given by
the Newport church at Ellison Bay, Wis., to Helen Soder.
5) The Oscar Berglund Encouragement Scholarships.
Twenty-five dollars to Marjorie Malm; twenty-five dollars to Gladys
Carlson; Twenty-five dollars to Grace Martinson; twenty-five dollars
to Signe Anderson.
6) Bethel Alumni .Association Scholarships.
Twenty-five dollars to Elaine Pegors, college; twenty-five dollars
to Irwin Bjelland, seminary; thirty-five dollars to Barbara Edson,
college; thirty-five dollars to Robert Dischinger, seminary.
7) Samuel Fletcher Kerfoot Scholarship in Memoriam by Harold L.
Kerfoot, son of Dr. Samuel Fletcher Kerfoot, fifty dollars, to Ruth
Ekstrom.
8) The Dr. C. G. Emanuel Merit Scholarship, fifty dollars, to Robert
Sandin.
9) The Mr. and Mrs. Arnold W. Peterson Scholarship, fifty dollars, to
Betty Person.
10) Mr. and Mrs. Gustaf Westmo Scholarship, fifty dollars, to Lucille
Palmer.
11)‘ Signe Erickson Memorial Scholarship, fifty dollars, to Fred Miller.
12) Freda Wall Encouragement Scholarship, fifty dollars, to Dale Berry.
13) The Dr. and Mrs. Carl G. Burton Honor Scholarship, one hundred
dollars, to Donald Decker.
Chorus Comp letes Season SNt udents Pick
New Leaders
THE BETHEL CLARION
A bi-weekly campus newspaper.
BETHEL COLLEGE AND SEMINARY
1480 North Snelling Ave., St. Paul, Minn.
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EDITORIAL POLICY
1. To maintain and promote the Christian principles of Bethel
Institute.
2. To promote scholarship.
3. To foster more school spirit. -
4. To establish a better understanding among the students.
Editor Robert Sandin
Ass't Editor Nettie Castle
News Editor Doris Engwall
Feature Editor Florence Bergman
Sports Editor Roy Nelson
Business Manager Jacqueline Lundquist
Circulation Manager Joyce Dubuque
Faculty Advisor La Von Berthel
The First Psalm
Blessed is the man who hath not walked astray
In counsel of the wicked, and in the way
Of sinners hath not stood, and in the seat
Of scorners halal_ not sat. But in the great
Jehovah's law is ever his delight,
And in his law he studies day and night.
He s.hall be as a tree which planted grows
By watery streams, and in his season knows
To yield his fruit, and his leaf shall not fall,
And what he takes in hand shall prosper all.
Not so the wicked, but as the chaff which fanned
The wind drives, so the wicked shall not stand
In judgment, or abide their trial then,
Nor sinners in the assembly of just men.
For the Lord knows the upright way of the just,
And the way of bad men to ruin must.
John Milton (1853)
Sentence Sermons
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Living and
Walking
"If we live in the Spirit, let us
also walk in the Spirit."
(Gal. 5:25).
Lest anyone should imagine that
a life which is lived step by step
with the Spirit is an irksome one,
let us be reminded that unfailing
obedience produces unfailing j o y
and peace. A joyless Christian is
almost invariably a disobedient
Christian. A life of self-renounc-ing
love is a life of liberty, for
"where the Spirit of the Lord is
(where I-4 is recognized and obey-ed)
there is liberty." Step by step
is the secret of a life that is nev-er
perturbed, never surprised by
sudden assaults of the evil one,
never shorn of its spiritual
strength. To follow thus will fill
our life with such joy and power
as we have never dreamed pos-sible.
Hear God
"He that hath ears to hear, let
him hear" (Matt. 11:15).
Why do we sometimes fail to
hear God speak? Is it possible to
have ears, yet not to hear? "If
you stood in a street where traf-fic
was abundant, creating a con-tinuous
rumble, it would be diffi-cult
to preach and to command at-tention
from the passers-by. The
mass of mankind is in that posi-tion
as to the sound of the Gospel.
The noise of trade, the cries of
competition, the whirl of care, the
risk of pleasure—all drown the
voice of Heavenly love and men
hear no sound of it."—Hallock. We
must ask God to shut out other
sounds and to unstop our ears that
we may hear his voice.
Taken from The King's Business.
New Officers
(Cont. from page 1)
On the same ballot, officers for
next year's student council were
elected. Robert Sandin will be
president, Mel Soneson vice-presi-dent,
and Eunice Peterson secre-tary-
treasurer.
Religious council officers w ere
chosen in two ballots, the first
being a "primary" election. The
final results: Ray Larson, presi-dent;
Maynard Johnson, vice-pres-ident;
Becky Iosty, secretary; and
Carl Olson, treasurer.
Officers for Missionary Band for
1946-7 as elected on Friday, May
17, are Vernie Stoneberg, presi-dent;
Gilbert Forsline, vice-presi-dent;
Goldie Erickson, secretary;
and Roy Nelson, treasurer.
Final results on the election at
the women's dormitory council
were not available at printing
time.
n tbe earprt By Pres. Henry Wingblade
We are told that Lord Tenny-son
was -walking with another
man in the Alps. Turning to his
friend as he pointed to the vast-ness
of the mountain, he s a i d,
"What if all this is nothing less
than the garment of God?"
I do like to think of all nature
as a kind of great extended meta-phor
of spiritual reality, every part
a symbol of some great invisible
truth.
When John Bunyun wrote Pil-grim's
Progress he w a s afraid
that people might read it only for
the simple basic story and not
get the spiritual truths implied
all along the way. But as we well
know now, the impacts of those
spiritual truths rank next to those
of the Bible.
But I am thinking of the coming
summer as it will flood the world
with sunshine—a symbol of God's
grace and love for the sons of
men. And then—the Holy Spirit.
How is He symbolized?
When the Bible speaks of the
Holy Spirit as wind, it always
implies recreation or resurrection
from the dead—or the new birth,
as seen in the case of the dry
bones of Ezekiel and set forth in
the quiet talk of Jesus to Nicode-mus.
"So is everyone who is born
of the spirit."
When the Bible speaks of the
Iloly Spirit as water, it implies
the cleansing and refreshing, and
also the filling and overflowing on
the part of the Spirit as is seen
when Jesus speaks to the woman
at the well and then in His great
promise in John .7:37-38.
When the Holy Spirit is sytubol-ized
by the fiery tongues we have
the warmth of testimony. Only
out of a warm spirit-kindled heart
can a warm tongue speak forth
the testimony of love and power.
And so this summer, when we
listen to the soughing of the ev-ening
breeze or to the murmurs
of the country brook, may they
remind us of the words of the
Christ: "So is every one who is
born of the Spirit," and "he shall
never thirst again,"—and may we
also testify faithfully thereof.
And so—abundant blessings to
all Bethelites till we meet again.
God has been good and He does
not change. Praise His holy Name
forever.
* * *
There is nothing so strong or
safe in an emergency of life as
the simple truth.
* * *
The best in life is in effort, not
attainment.
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Don't call the world dirty be-cause
you have forgotten to clean
your glasses.
* * *
He that is wise by day is no
fool by night.
* * *
Usually he is most empty who
is most full of himself.
* * *
If you faint in the day of adver-sity,
your strength i n d e e d is
small.
Why quarrel with a man to
NV h o m sincerity a n d insincerity
mean the same thing?
* * *
He who does not look forward
remains behind.
* * *
Strong convictions in a k e great
decisions.
God is, and nothing good is im-possible.
Psalm of the Good Teacher
The Lord is my Teacher;
I shall not lose the way to wisdom
He leadeth me in the lowly path of learning,
He prepareth a lesson for me every day.
-He findeth the clear fountain of instruction—
Little by little He showeth me the beauty of truth.
'I'.he world is a great book that He has written,
He turneth the leaves for me slowly;
They are all inscribed with images and letters—
His voice poureth light on the pictures and the words.
Then am I glad when I perceive His meaning.
He taketh me by the hand to the hill-top of wisdom;
In the valley, also, He walketh beside me,
And in the dark places H whispereth in my ,heart.
Yea, though my lesson be hard, it is not hopeless,
For the Lord is very patient with His slow scholar.
He will wait awhile for my weakness—
He will help me to read the truth through tears—
Surely Thou wilt enlighten me daily by joy and by sorrow,
And lead me at last, 0 Lord, to the perfect knowledge of Thee.
Henry Van Dyke
The Anderson Press
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Minneapolis, Minn.
By Mabel Anderson
The dorm was unusually quiet.
Everyone had taken advantage of
the sunny Sunday afternoon, and
the Bethel population had evident-ly
migrated to Como Park. It
seemed that the only one "home"
was the operator. The quietness
was a stimulus to dreaming, and
it wasn't long before thoughts of
the almost gone school year were
going through her mind—the ever
repeated phrases such as "Bethel
College and Seminary," "Yes, we
have girls that take care of child-ren,"
"I'm sorry, all the lines are
busy," and "No, I -don't know -
where Mrs. Hademan is"— Then
there was Ginnie "Pete" who did
the cleaning. How often she would
stand at the top of the stairs with
mop in her hand (and her mop on
the top of her head) and say, "Are
there any men a r oun d?"—And
one could never forget Roy Nelson
and his frequent visitations—
"Buzz the red head will ya."—"Oh,
tell him I'm indisposed. I'll be out
in two minutes." The operator is
still waiting for a different reply
from this fair attraction. But then
there's nothing like keeping the
men waiting—(as long as it's not
in the church).
Little Jimmie, the five year old
blonde, heart-throb on the campus
will never be forgotten. Usually
the "fellow on the beam" knows
all the answers, but this little guy
asks all the questions. One day
he inquired about the switchboard
and he was answered that he
would know when he grew up.
That was the wrong thing to say!
Jim replied, "I'll have you know
I'm five and I can count up to
100!"
Most fellows ask the operator
to buzz one individual, but Sher-burne
Ray likes a little variety
and just says, "Buzz all the girls
in 325." What a letdown when
Nettie answers. "We can't go. The
buzzer just woke us up." Yes, the
switchboard is even an alarm
clock, and times like that can be
most alarming especially to Gospel
team leader Sherburne Ray.
Dreaming is all right, that is
when no one's home. But when
dorm residents arrive one can't
even concentrate on d r e a m in g.
The question has been asked, "Is-n't
this a boring job?" To which
we'll reply, "switchboard? Nope."
In fact right now seeing as the
school year is just about over the
prevailing question is, "Say do you
suppose I can sign up for next
year?" So students we'll be see-ing
you. Give us a BUZZ some
time.
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Sem Snatches
By Bill Peterson Class Prophecy Switcboard
Fantacy We have heard of acute housing
shortages. We have heard - of the
extreme difficulties encountered in
securing material for building
homes. We have received reports
of war veterans obtaining house-trailers
from the Army, which they
intended to make their habitation
until the shortage is p a s t. We
have heard of several cases in
which individuals have made
appeals to various forts for mat-erials
with which they might
build their homes. But we have
never he'ard of so small a creat-ure
as a robin attacking Fort Hod-ges
for housing materials. The
little fellow and his better half
built their home in the sacred se-clusion
of a ledge in the seminary
chapel. It's surprising what short-ages
can do.
At this writing we have just
emerged from one of the most
boisterous weeks in the school
year. S e m i n a r y seniors, large,
small, and middle-sized (That's a
pun in case you don't catch on.
If you still don't know what I'm
talking about, take a look at Burt
Ankerberg) were given their year-ly
washings in the cool, refreshing
waters of Bath-tub L a k e. Burt
Ankerberg barricaded the door of
his room very affectively, and de-fended
himself single-handed
against twenty-five or thirty under-classmen
for more than a hour. By
the time he was routed through
S h or t y "T h e Worm" Bjelland's
storming of his windowless tran-som,
he was so soaked by buckets
of liquid that had been poured on
him through the overhead opening,
that his tormentors got wet carry-ing
him down the hall.
Some graduates put up tremen-dous
battles before they succumb-ed
to the water treatment, but
there was one glorious exception.
"Buck" Agee seemed more anx-ious
to get thrown in the tub than
the dorm fellows were to put him
there. He practically jumped in.
John is still trying to rub the red
ink off his midriff.
A most peculiar phenomena
occurs in conjunction with these
widely reported bath-tub parties.
When people are being thrown in,
the hall is filled with forms of all
sizes, shapes, and what have you,
running, flying, or sliding back
and forth on the water-flooded.
floor. But when it's all over and
somebody brings out the m o p,
eighteen doors are slammed and
locked, and t h e place gets so
quiet ,you'd think everyone was
fast asleep. A most remarkable
occurence.
Well, I can tell you sincerely
that I am tremendously relieved
that this is the last time I'll be
plagued with this column. As I'm
writing this, the editor is sitting
here with his foot on my ball and
chain, a baseball bat in his right
hand, and Birdell Emmel's razor
in his left. It is a very uncomfort-able
situation( and by no means
conducive to amusing writing.) But
at any rate, we in the dorm want
to extend to everyone best wishes
\ for a joyous and useful summer.
By-Pauline Widen and Doris Engwall
One gloomy day as we were sitting by Como Lake, we saw a cur-ious
earthen jar floating toward shore. As it washed upon the sand,
we excitedly opened it. A prodigious, gargantuan Genie sprang forth
and threatened to take our lives.
"Nip,. No!" we screamed in unison, "Spare our poor souls!"
"Very well," the Genie said. "You shall have two choices. Either
die, or listen to the 1946 Class Prophecy of Bethel College."
Our choice was instantaneous. "We have no choice. Take our
lives and spare us this dire torture."
"For that caustic remark you shall undergo both the prophecy and
death," replied the Genie.
We swooned—our minds became balls of fire—but what could we
do? Here then, are the exact words that the Genie spoke to us.
"While walking about town on a Saturday morning I discovered
a slight trace of your Sophomore class. The first thing that caught
my attention were the glaring headlines of the St. Paul Dispatch which
read: NEW YORK YANKEES WIN WORLD SERIES FOR 27TH CON-SECUTIVE
TIME. Immediately I became interested and went on to
read the rest of the article. Eleanore "Sluggo" Anderson, the greatest
Manager in the team's history had led the Yankees through a success-ful
season for the 27th time. Star pitcher, Rapid Robert Sandin, per-fected
his super drop ball and held the opposing team, the Tilden Gram-mar
School Redbirds to a hitless game. Biggest excitement in the
game came in the fifth inning when the Yankees most faithful supporter,
Edna Sahl, threw a pop bottle at umpire Vernie Stoneberg. Incidentally,
she knocked him cold. When asked to explain her conduct, Miss Sahl
replied emphatically that he was definitely calling the balls wrong.
Turning over the page, a picture in the lower left hand corner
caught my eye. What could this be.? Aha—a picture of Dagmar Jensen
combing her hair with an egg beater. This new fad, originated by Miss
Jensen, has become a sensation throughout the country.
As I skimmed through the rest of the paper, I paused at the comic
section to see if Axel the Apeman, a new strip written by Betty Person,
had escaped from the trap set for him by "Flossie" a character which
Miss Person had created in honor of Florence Peterson, her girlfriend
from college days.
Leaving the newsstand I saw a large crowd gathering on the corner
of Seventh and Wabasha. Curious to see what was going on, I elbowed
my way through to the front and lo and behold what should I see but
Rev. Robert Daley laying the cornerstone for the new popcorn stand
owned and operated jointly by Myrtle Krueger and Florence Hedman
Incorporated. I arrived just in time to hear Rev. Daley read the contents
of the box. It contained, he said, the latest book of the month selection,
"Why I Hate Men" by Maxine Bjork, a colored, autographed picture
of Lucille Kirstein, first woman president of the United States, and an
I. 0. U. note from Hazelruth Quiggle dating back s to her coffee shop days
at Bethel.
Looking through the crowd I spied Mrs. Phil Johnson, known to me
in forfner days as Barbara Edson. I edged my way to her and proceeded
to renew my acquaintance. She was delighted to see me and immediately
produced an interesting letter and some pictures from India which she
had received from Mrs. Dana Larson. The pictures, which were taken
at a missionary conference in Calcutta portrayed several familiar
faces ... Among those that I recognized were Elaine Pegors, who, the
letter related, had just recently escaped from her third encounter with
a boa constrictor. Standing at her side was Eunice Herboldt whose
successful dealings with the economic problems of India have brought
her world-wide fame and fortune.
But now little Phil Jr. had become restless and began pulling on his
mother's skirt so it was necessary for Barbara to be on her way. She
only had time to say over her shoulder as she left that that night she
would be attending the wedding of Grace Jorgensen to a handsome,
prosperous doctor. She also mentioned that Rev. Robert Swanson,
pastor of the First Baptist Church of St. Paul would perform the cere-mony.
Ambling on, I noticed a huge billboard on the side of the building
which announced the arrival of the Budapest Musical Trio to Northrup
Auditorium. The trio, which had been organized shortly after their
Bethel days was composed of Helen Holle, clarinetist extraordinary,
Kay Darling, brilliant pianist, and Annella Krueger, vocalist. Although
Miss Krueger had been offered a position with the Metropolitan Opera
Company and the others, seats in various noted orchestras, they pre-ferred
to remain together. They had just returned from a tour of
Europe where they had played before Prime Minister Vasil Tanyas of
Yugoslavia.
As I walked further on, the aroma of fried onions filled my nostrils.
I followed the scent to the "Greasy Spoon" restaurant where the propri-etor,
Marie Ann Hedberg stood in the doorway. Her days in the Bethel
Coffee Shop had given her invaluable experience in this line. Behind
the counter was Marianne Schouweiler, who was busy preparing a
"Dagwood" sandwich for Alice Edwall, a frequenter of the shop.
Through the kitchen doorway Dorothy Dahlman could be seen waving a
spatula in the air and singing a harmonious duet with dishwasher Clara
Hintz. (Cont. on page 6)
Page 4 THE BETHEL CLARION
On the Atom Bomb
Orch•i d.' s Eye Vi• ew
By Milton Paulson
By Thelma
The "big noise" of the Clarion
Staff dragged me into the Clarion
office one day and said, "I want
a technical article on the atom
bomb from Prof. Norstrom." So
what could I do? She's my room-mate!
My experience as an inquiring
reporter was v e r y limited (or
should I say void), but, neverthe-less,
I undertook my assignment
with vigor.
Me: Mr. Norstrom, could you
tell m e what makes the atom
bomb work?
Mr. Norstrom (with furrowed
brow) : No, that's a military secret
about which I have not yet been
informed.
Me: Oh.
I was satisfied to take "no" for
an answer, but the Clarion Staff
("big noise") wasn't so I under-took
my assignment again.
Me: Mr. Norstrom, could y o u
tell me something about splitting
the atom?
Mr. Norstrom: Well, I can try.
Before long he was expounding
the mysteries of the atomic theory.
"The isotopes of Uranium-235
are easily decomposed, but the or-dinary
Uranium of atomic weight
238 which is , found in nature is
not easily split up. It has an aver-age
1 i f e of about two million
years; hence, it is quite a stable
e 1 e m e n t. Science, however, has
developed a method whereby U-238
may be changed to the isotope,
U-235.
"A neutron is fired with great
force into U-238 (that is, natural
Uranium) with the result that the
extra neutron is added to the nu-cleus
forming an isotope having
an atomic weight of 239. This is-otope,
however, is unstable and
Consider the many hours you
have spent in the lounge of our
women's dormitory, listening t o
records, making pop corn, fighting
over funnies, and—humm—v i s i t-ing.
Were • you aware of the fact
that you were under the observing
blue eyes of an ever-present chap-erone?
This matron of the Bethel
lounge has the enviable position
of a fly on a wall. She sees all,
hears all, but tells nothing. I im-agine
her ability to tune in on all
the conversations and join the
most exclusive of gatherings af-fords
her a very liberal educati9n,
and a sophisticated insight to hu-man
nature. She must chuckle at
the inadequacy of Castle's gossip
column, "Dorm Doin's" as it is
published in every Clarion and di-gested
ferociously by all our stu-dents.
So Ike thought no one was the
wiser when he broke the vase
which held our rubber plant! Did
Eel and Root think their animated
conversation on the dival by the
piano went unheard? They were
mistaken, friends. There was a
Burgeson
immediately loses an electron be-coming
Neptunium, element No.
93. This element, too, is short-lived,
losing two nuclear electron
almost immediately converting
two neutrons into protons with the
result that element No. 94, or Plu-tonium
is formed. It now loses an
Alpha particle and Uranium 235 is
formed." Simple, eh, what?
Mr. Norstrom went on to say
that the fact that we can start
with normal Uranium, and by
these steps produce U-235 makes
Uranium a practical source of en-ergy.
If we liad to depend upon
nature for our supply, we would
obtain very little.
By means of the cyclotron, pro-jectiles
are hurled at the nuclei of
U-235 and within a fraction of a
second, one million U-235 nuclei
are split producing two million
lighter atoms. This bombardment
is carried on with the result that
the f a s t moving projectiles are
continually being released a t a
ration of two to o n e, thereby,
emitting tremendous energy.
Thus far, practical use of the
split atom is hindered by the cost
of the procedure. Millions of dol-lars
are necessary to furnish the
equipment and carry out the pro-duction
of U-235. The value of ob-taining
a less expensive means of
deriving U-235, however, can be
seen in the yield from one pound
of this isotope.
11,400,000 Kilowatt-hours
1,500 tons of coal
200,000 gallons of gasoline.
There are untold possibilities in
this field. Who knows, perhaps
even a Bethel Student may pass
through t h e portals o f atomic
fame (in other words, here's a way
to get a big bang out of life)!
silent listener there, leering at
them, taking everything in. How-ever,
Ike, Ruth, and Eel can stop
quaking in their loafers. They
can cancel all plans they may
have started for a public confes-sion
of their deeds, and reimburse-ment
for damage done, for unlike
most w o m e n, this well-informed
guest never divulges a secret.
Many of the students using the
lounge a r e unconscious o f her
presence, but not everyone is tot-ally
oblivious to her steady gaze.
There are rumors that she has
been found standing upside down,
on her head, mind you, with a
light glaring up into her eyes after
the sitting room ,had been occupied
by one of the most well-known
couples here at school.
By this time your curiosity is
no doubt piqued. Or have you
guessed who the little lady is?
This phantom-like member of the
vigilante is none other than the
portrait of Lady Bodine, the first
president of Bethel's Women's As-sociation.
Perhaps you too, have
been the subject of her constant
watchfulness.
I was delivered on Friday after-noon,
May 17. A girl with her
hair wrapped in a white towel
took one quick look at me and fell
over backwards exclaiming, "The
guy's rich after all. He sent me a
whole big scrumptous orchid." A
kind lady with a quick, little walk
saw to it that I was placed in a
very cold room with shelves full
of food. while the nurse revived
the girl.
After an hour or two in a frigid
atmosphere trying my best to look
like a twelve dollar orchid, I was
removed and was carefully pinned
onto a filmy white gown. The
girl's condition had improved con-siderably
by that time, and I
might say conservatively that I
was proud to be in her possession.
She walked down the stairway
into a big room full of soft chairs,
and people. The crowd assembled
there gasped and whispered,
"Look, an orchid—and it's real
too. Who is she going with any-way?"
About this time I felt very
proud because I thought people
were looking primarily at me.
The girl with the white gown
soon met a tall, dark, gentleman
and she stopped to pin a white
carnation to his lapel and to com-pliment
him on his appearance.
They exchanged glances and blush-e
d simultaneously. I though t,
"This can't be love because I feel
so well," but adventures later in
the evening proved otherwise.
She took his arm (tightly) as
they marched down to the ban-quet
hall. The gentleman seated
the girl in white, and the banquet
began. Due to crowded conditions
the girl sat half way under the
table. This was very injurious to
my form but few noticed it, I hope.
Towards the end of the meal
my countenance was beginning to
sag, but with renewed courage I
tried to keep up appearances.
Then there was that taxi ride,
crushing to say the least. The
guy didn't have to hold her so
tight, did he? Orchid he? No-body
paid any attention to me any-more.
I was just a has been. I
didn't try any longer to smell be-cause
I knew no one cared.
Now I'm in this cold room again,
trying to retain some of my beauty
after that rugged night, but look-ing
like only the four dollar kind.
Silent Listener By Taffy Bergman
esson In Concentration
"The term 'foreign exchange rate' means the rate at which the
money of-one country can be exchanged for the money of other coun-tries."
A lot of good it does me to know what the foreign exchange rate
is. I haven't got anything to exchange in the first place, and if I had, all
my creditors would snow me under before I could snap my fingers. Well,
maybe someday I'll get some money. Hey, get back to work. We've got
a test on this stuff tomorrow. Why did I wait so long to get started on
it? Boy, next year it's going to be different. Why can't I concentrate?
Maybe it's stuffy in here. I'll open the window.
Now let's see, "The term—" Oh yeah, I read that. "An American
traveler about to embark for England wishes to exchange his dollars for
pounds sterling, for, of course, American mon���." I wonder what it
would be like to go to England. Maybe I will someday. Who knows?
Not a chance. No money. Get back to work, you dope. You're just
wasting time. No wonder it takes you fifteen minutes to read a page.
You sit and dream most of the time. Yeah, but this is a tough book.
C. E. said so. So what? Get busy.
"How many dollars must he ,give for the pound sterling? If both
countries are on the gold standard—" What was it he said about the
gold standard? England was off and we were on? They always told
me that all the countries of the world went off the gold standard a
few years ago. Or maybe nobody told me. I might have imagined it
myself. But I'm so messed up now, I don't even know what the gold
standard is.
Jeepers, I'll never get this finished by tomorrow. Let's see, how
many pages more? I wonder what'll happ6n if I don't do it. I can bluff
my way through some way. I know what the foreign exchange rate is
anyway. When he asks that question I'll answer it, and he'll think I read
the whole chapter. A
-.-
What time is it? Boy, it sure gets late in a hurry. Ho hum. I
never saw anybody who yawned as much as I do. Some day I'm going
to stay in bed and sleep all day long. Now what else do I have to do
for tomorrow. Logic. I'm gonna hafta start reading that stuff pretty
soon too. I'll probably end up in the same pickle I was in at mid-quarters.
Well, I haven't got time to do it now. Speech. Do we have
anything for that? Nah, I don't think so. He won't call on we tomorrow.
German. I can do that second period. I really ought to read some of
those poems too. Oh well. I ought to read some history too sometime.
Jeepers, am I ever behind! Not much to do about it though. It's time to
go to bed now.
(Ed. note. These are operations in the mind of a college sophomore
while reading page 607 of Principles of Economics by Garver and Han-sen.
They are submitted without comment as a lesson in concentration.)
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THE BETHEL CLARION Page 5
Bethelites Make Plans for Summer
This being the end of the year,
we thought it would be nice for
everybody to know where every-body
is going this summer. So our
inquiring reporter got to work and
asked around school in a hurried
sort of a way, and this is the re-sult.
Hazel Larson—Work in resort at
Pequot Lakes in -mornings, swim
in afternoons (I hope).
Jewell Ernest—Stay in cities and
work. I am looking for a secre-tarial
job. Tel. No. NE 7568.
Janet Hagan—Secretary at Elec-tronic
Distributing Corporation.
Irene Kemis—Teach Bible school
in June and be secretary the
rest of the summer.
Jim Rentz—S t u d y my German
that I didn't study during the
year. My telphone number will
be the same as Miss Effie Nel-son's.
Earl Hoagberg—S e 11 pencils on
University and Snelling.
Dorothy Carlson—Marian Johnson
and I are starting a music con-servatory
in Portland, The City
of Roses.
Prof. Archerd—Teach in Hamline
University. In my spare time,
work in my garden.
Donald Brink—G o i n g to Canada
with Earl Quesnell.
Donald Edson—G o to summer
school and. . . fish!
Donella Grobe—It's a big ques-tion
(?)
Nancy Olmstead—Work at home.
Catherine Nelson — Sell shoe-strings
on University and Snell-ing.
Phyllis Hammond—Raise corn in
Sinea City.
Grace Martinson—G e t married so
that I can live in the married
couple's dorm next year.
Mel Soneson—Feed cows and milk
chickens. Also sell varnish!
Gordon Krantz—Going back home
to Red Wing.
Louise Hansen —Going fishing!
(We. ask, "What for?")
B o b Sandin — Student missionary
in Carp and Rako, Minn.
John Leggett—Go home and work,
so that I can pay these money
"hounds" around here.
Evelyn Gates—Plow corn.
Doris Johnson— Write letters, I
suppose.
Lois Norberg—Teach Bible school.
Bob Brunko—Take over pastorate
of First Pentecostal Church, Au-rora,
Wis. Take guitar lessons.
Walter Eddy—I am working at the
Union Gospel Mission again this
year. I will work with children
and men (women?) huba, huba.
Also have street meetings. This
is a real blessing to me—giving
out the Word to the world.
Bill Peterson—Work at home and
save money for medical school
next year. Work in home church
also.
Jim Anderson—Pick fleas on bay-mares
and send them C. 0. D.
to -my girl.
Al Gustafson—Stay right here.
Helen Voight—Work in Dad's res-taurant.
Henry Peterson—W o r k on farm
and pick cherries.
Roy Nelson—Ask Jean.
Russell Voight—Operate a restaur-ant,
teach Bible school, sleep!
Herb Ellison—Go to summer
school. Be a counselor at Wood
Lake Bible Camp. Make a trip
out West, too.
Jim Troxel—Go to summer school,
help with Bible conferences, be
a counselor in various camps, do
Gospel team work.
Deloris Erickson—L earn how to
cook—(Poor Dave! ) _-
Florence Bergman—Work and be
a counselor in a camp. Think up
something to pay those boys
back.
Thelma Burgeson—Go to summer
school and work.
Ruth Ekstrom—Work and take pi-ano
lessons.
Al Brown—Tote a gun.
Bette Mae Nelson—Work at
Brown a n d Bigelow's on the
night shift.
Carl Edwards—Go to school.
Trudy Lehman—Go to summer
school and also on a trip.
Milton Paulson—Drafted or work
in Rilco-Rafftee Co.
Don Patet—Go to school and work.
Joyce Dubuque—Work for a while
and then travel.
Evelyn Christenson—Going to Vic-tory
Sky Pilots at Winona Lake
and be a secretary to Mr. Hart:
ford,-Pres. V. S. P. (P. S.—Chris
will also be there.) •
Miss Berthel—Go to Northwestern
University and date during ev-enings.
Annabelle Sherman—Sit right here
(in my office).
Harold Christenson—Instruct peo-ple
in flying.
Herb Johnson—W o r k in b o y' s
camp.
Doris Engwall—Go to Chicago.
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Bethel Pitching
On Wednesday, May 15, Bethel
suffered its worst setback of this
year when it was trounced by a
high-flying Hamline nine in Nor-ton
field. The score was 15-4.
Hamline unleased a terrific nine-teen-
hit attack, with every man in
the lineup except one getting at
least one hit. First baseman
Thompson paced the assault on
Bethel's Bob Sandin with two
singles, two doubles, and a home-run
in six times at bat. Shortstop
Seitz also hit for the circuit, be-sides
pounding out a double and
a triple in his five times at bat.
Five other Hamline players col-lected
two hits each.
Hamline opened the scoring in
the first inning of the game with
three runs on two doubles and a
single. Pitcher Bob Sandin's
homer into the left field stands in
the last half of the inning gave
the Bethelites a ray of hope and
hits by Bob Nelson, Picker, and
Bud Peterson in the second inn-ing
narrowed the margin to 3-2.
However, a conglomeration of four
Bethel errors and three solid sing-les
gave the Pipers five runs in
the third inning and from then on
the issue was settled.
Four more runs were scored by
Hamline in the sixth frame, one in
the seventh, and two in the ninth,
while Bethel picked up one tally
in both the seventh and eighth in-nings.
Bob Sandin and Bill Peter-son
shared the pitching duties for
Bethel, Sandin being charged with
the defeat. Hamline's Miller went
the route, yielding a total of nine
hits to Bethel bats.
Class Prophecy
(Cont. from page 3)
Suddenly over the restaurant
radio came a familiar voice. It
was the outstanding sports com-mentator
Edna Buller, announcing
the winners of the super-muscle
contest sponsored by the ABCD
Vitamin Co. owned by Eloise Jen-sen.
I was not surprised to hear
that Leroy Gardner, President of
t h e Ober Club h a d taken first
place.
After the sports analysis, the
University of Bethel Roundtable
discussion came on the air, with
Jean Lindblom, of Princeton Uni-versity
and Jean Hamlett, head of
the German department at the
University of Chicago leading it.
The topic of the hour was:
"Should a course in the art of bub-ble
gum blowing be required for
a Ph. D. degree?"
Suddenly t h e Genie stopped
speaking. A shudder ran through
him. "I can't stand it" he scream-ed!
"To be a member of this
class is a worse fate than death.
You both shall live."
He groaned, shook convulsively,
and disappeared into the bottle.
We picked up our shattered nerves
and went home.
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Bethany 2 2 .500
Concordia 2 3 .400
Luther 1 3 .250
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Page 6 THE BETHEL CLARION
Season Ends for Indians Sandin Leads Hitters
Bow to Concordia, 7-2
Bethel College brought down the curtain on its 1946 baseball season
on Tuesday, May 21 in a game played against Concordia College in Como
Park. The game was loosely played, with Concordia walking off the
field with a 7-2 victory. It was Bethel's third straight decisive defeat,
and their second of the season at the hands of conference opponents.
Concordia got off to a flying start in the first inning. After two
v, ere out, Baem singled to right. Otto followed with a hard hit single
that bounced over right fielder Voight's head, and both runners crossed
the plate. Boettcher fanned to end the inning.
The Comets collected another score in the sixth inning. Myhr was
safe on Voight's error. Seehausen hit a double play ball to Eddy, who
was over-anxious and fumbled, putting two Concordia men on base.
Braem forced Myrh, Sandin to Olson, and Otto struck out. Boettcher
walked filling the bases. Seehausen then stole home neatly, but Boett-cher
was picked off first base for the third out of the
The seventh inning netted four runs on two hits for Concordia.
After Wentzel grounded out and E. Hafner fanned, M. Hafner was
safe on an error. Friedrichs walked, and both runners advanced on a
passed ball. Myhr was intentionally passed filling the bases. Seehausen
singled to left center, Hafner and Friedrichs scoring and Myhr going
to third. Seehausen stole second. Braem then singled to right, driving
Myhr and Seehausen across the plate, but he was thrown out stealing
second, the play going from Bill Peterson to Picker.
Meanwhile Bethel bats had been nearly silent. During the first
seven innings only four men reached base, and only one got at far as
second. But with one out in the eighth frame the Indians came to life.
Landsberg singled to left, and went to second when the ball got away
from left fielder Wentzel. Bud Peterson hit a high fly down the right
field line for a double, but Landsberg could only go to third. Daley
then singled through the box to score both runners. Bethel threatened
again in the ninth inning, having the bases full with one out, but they
were unable to score.
The game kept the rivalry between the two schools at a peak.
Bethel won four and lost two of the athletic contests played his year,
and next year gives promise of a spirited renewal of the rivalry.
The box score:
BETHEL
Betting records compiled at the end of the baseball season, had at
the top of the list the name of Bob Sandin, Bethel captain, whose
fourteen hits in thirty-nine official times at bat for an average of .356
was tops for the club. In hot pursuit was Bill Peterson, Bob's battery-mate
in most of the contests, who had twelve-for-thirty-four for a .353
average. Carl Olson, who participated in only eight of the twelve games,
took third place with .343.
Six players hit over .300 for the season, and the team average
stood at .240. Strikeout king for the year was Bob Daley who whiffed
nineteen times. Bob Picker took second place with sixteen strikeouts
to his credit.
Picker also had the somewhat dubious honor of committing the
most errors on the -team, making eleven of them. However, Bud Peter-son
gave him a close race as he made ten misplays. The team made
a total of 53 errors, a little
G AB H Pct. SO PO A E
Sandia 12 39 14 .356 5 9 24 4
Wm. Peterson 11 34 12 .353 7 84 25 4
Olson 8 35 12 .343 5 10 16 1
Landsberg 11 18 6 .333 6 7 0 3
Leggett 2 3 1 .333 2 1 0 0
Sahlin 8 31 10 .323 8 42 9 4
B. Nelson 10 20 4 .250 6 0 1 0
Eddy 11 45 11 .244 2 21 8 4
Voight 11 27 5 .185 13 3 0 2
R. Nelson 10 27 5 .185 10 34 6 6
Daley 12 30 5 .167 19 12 1 2
W. Peterson 12 25 4 .160 8 8 2 10
Picker 12 40 5 .125 16 31 19 11
Rentz 3 5 0 .000 0 0 0 0
Team Total 133 379 57 92 .243 110 268 112 53
Key: G—Games; AB—Times at Bat; R—Runs; H—Hits; SO—Strike-outs;
PO—Putouts; A—Assists E—Errors)
Nine Looses at New Ulm
more than four per game.
R
14
5
5
3
1
6
4
9
1
4
3
3
4
0
AB R H PO A E
Olson 3 b 4 0 2 1 0 0
Eddy s s 4 0 0 1 1 1
Sandin p 3 0 1 1 5 1
B. Peterson c 3 0 0 10 6 0
R. Nelson 1 b 4 0 1 7 0 0
Picker 2 b 4 0 0 6 1 2
Voight r 2 0 0 0 0 2
Landsberg r f 1 1 1 0 0 0
B. Nelson 1 f 2 0 0 0 1 0
W. Peterson 1 f 1 1 1 0 0 0
Daley c f 3 0 1 1 0 0
Totals 31 2 7 27 14 6
CONCORDIA
AB R H PO A E
Myhr p 4 1 0 0 1
0
Seehausen 2 b 4 2 1 1 1
Braem c
4 1 2 13 2
0
Otto s s
4 1 1 0' 4
0
Boettcher 1 b 3 0 0 8 0
1
Wentzel 1 f
3 0 0 1 0
1
Mueller 2 b 2 0 1 2 1
0
E. Hafner 2 b 2 0' 0 I 1
0
M. Hefner c f 3 1 0 1 0
0
Friedrichs r f 3 1 0 0 0
0
Totals 32 7 5 27 10
On Saturday, May 18, Bethel
College traveled to New Ulm,
Minnesota and lost their first con-ference
game of this season to
Martin Luther College. by a score
of 10-4. Lack of Bethel hits, loose
fielding, and some timely hitting
by several New Ulm men meant
the difference between victory and
defeat.
The game started well for Beth-el
when in the first inning the
Bethelites scored t h r e e markers
on three hits, two walks, and an
error.' However Luther pulled the
same trick in the last half of the
inning and tied the score at 3-3.
In the fourth D. M. L. C. went in-to
a 4-2 lead on a walk, a single,
and a double. An inning later the
hosts picked up two more runs,
two Bethel fielding errors being
the means.
Bethel meanwhile was ,effective-ly
throttled by Luther's Dietz, and
no one went beyond second base
until Eddy scored from first on 01-
son's two-bagger in the seventh.
The eighth inning was a big one
for Luther as they cashed in on
lack of control on the part of Beth-el
pitchers and scored three runs
on two hits. In the eighth the
home team scored its tenth and
last run on walks and a hit bats-man.
Carl Olson pitched for the In-dians
until relieved by Bob Sandin
in the seventh. Dietz pitched the
whole game for Luther, allowing
only six hits. Bethel made four
runs, six hits, and seven errors,
to Luther's ten runs, eight hits,
and two errors.

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THE BETHEL CLARION
VOL. XXV—No. 10 Bethel Junior College and Seminary, St. Paul, Minn. MAY 29, 1946
FIFTY-FOUR GRADUATE TONITE
After making two concert tours
through Iowa and Illinois, a n d
singing in s e v e r al Twin City
churches, the Bethel Girls' Chorus
closed its season last Friday even-ing
in the college chapel with a
concert of sacred, classical, and
spiritual music.
Included in the program were:
"We Thank Thee Lord" by Bort-niansky,
"I Lo v e to Hear the
Story" by Overly, "We Sing Thy
Praise" by Tkach, "Ezekiel Saw
de Wheel" by Noble Cain, "Sing
a Joyous Song," "I Got a Robe"
by Burleigh, "Adoration" by Bor-owski,
"T h e Lord's Prayer" by
Malotte, "Love, Divine" by Wohl-fiel,
"Were You There When They
Crucified My Lord" by Burleigh,
"I Walked Today Where Jesus
Walked" by O'Hara, and "Open
Our Eyes" by Macfarlane. Carol
Landberg, violinist provided
two instrumental solos.
The girls sang last Thursday at
a meeting of the University of
Minnesota chapter of the Inter-var-sity
Fellowship, and will sing to-night
at the commencement exerci-ses
in the Elim Baptist Church.
Students Honored
at Class Program
This morning at 10:00 A. M. the
annual Class Day Program was
held in the Bethel College Chapel.
The program began with a prelude
by Marian Lund, and congrega-tional
singing of "0 Zion Haste."
G r ace Swanson, seminary gradu-ate
led in devotions. Pres. Henry
Wingblade then brought a mess-age,
and a girls' trio sang.
Coach Paul Edwards made
awards for athletic achievements.
Eleven awards were ma d e for
girls' basketball, nine for boys'
basketball, • and eleven for boys'
baseball. Two of the boys, Robert
Nelson and Robert Sandin also re-ceived
letter sweaters, having won
two letters in both baseball and
basketball.
Awards for work on the student
publications were next made by
Advisor LaVon Berthel. Thirteen
charms and six honorable men-tion
awards were made to the
Clarion and Spire staffs. Miss
Berthel also gave f our bronze
charms to the school's debate
team.
Bronze charms were awarded by
Prof. Nels Stjernstrom to twenty
girls' chorus members f or two
years service in the chorus.
After Warren Valine had sung,
"I Will Pilot Thee" by Wilson,
Pres. Wingblade presented a num-ber
of prizes and scholarships and
the presidents of the two gradu-ating
classes, Warren Magnuson
and James Anderson, presented
the class gifts. Mr. Valine sang
"Hold Thou My Hand" by Briggs.
Valedictorians for the college and
seminary then made their class
day speeches. Miss Kirstein's sub-ject
was "The Forward Look" and
Mr. Johnson spoke on "Spiritual
Reconstruction." The meeting was
dismissed with prayer.
With a view to obtaining greater
efficiency for next year, student
organizations at Bethel have held
elections in recent chapel periods.
At the lastest election held on
Tuesday, May 21, next year's pub-lication
staffs were chosen. Gord-on
Krantz will head the Clarion
workers, with Florence Bergman
a s assistant editor a n d Wilbur
Peterson as business manage r.
The job of editing next year's
Spire was given to Maynard John-son,
and Joyce Dubuque will be
assistant and Margie Erickson,
business manager.
Continued on Page 2
Diplomas Given
In Elim Church
The annual commencement exer-cises
of Bethel Junior College and
Seminary will be held tonight,
Wednesday, at 8:00 P. M. in the
Elim Baptist Church. The church,
which has Rev. John G. Johnson
as its pastor, is located at 13th
Avenue and Madison St. in Minn-eapolis.
It is an interesting side-light
that Bethel Academy carried on
in the Elim Church for two years
after the school was founded in
1905, prior to the erection of a
school building on Como Avenue
and Carter St. at Anthony Park.
Speaker at the graduation pro-gram
will be Congressman Walter
J u d d, former medical missionary,
who will address the graduates on
the subject, "The Road Ahead."
As in former years, the Bethel
Girls' Chorus will sing.
Large classes are to be gradu-ated
from both the college and the
seminary. Degrees of Associate in
Arts will be awarded to thirty-six
college students, and two others
will receive the new degree of As-s
o c i a t e in Religious Education.
Nine degrees of Bachelor of The-ology
will be awarded to seminary
students, and eight Bachelor of
Divinity degrees will be given.
A recent announcement from the
seminary f a c u l t y revealed that
Gordon Johnson, former Navy
chaplain, will be valedictorian for
the seminary class of '46. Lucille
Kirstein will be valedictorian for
the graduates of the junior college.
Summer School
To Open June 5
T h e first summer session o f
Bethel Junior College will open on
June 5, with some thirty students,
several of whom are veterans of
World War II, i n attendance.
Courses offered include three-cred-it
courses in Modern World His-tory,
Elements of Political Science,
and Problems of Philosophy, and
five-credit courses in Introductory
Sociology and Literature. A three-credit
Bible course is also being
offered under Dr. K. J. Karlson.
Other professoi's for the summer
term will be C. E. Carlson, Swan
A. Engwall, and Effie V. Nelson.
Classes will meet four times a
week for seven periods a day from
7:45 to 2:05. Students may not
register for in o r e than twelve
credits of work. The term ends
on July 26.
VALEDICTORIANS
Bethel's valedictorians spoke this morning at the annual class-day
program. The seminary's Gordon Johnson spoke on "Spiritual Recon-struction,"
and the college's Lucille Kirstein on "The Forward Look."
Eighteen Get Scholarships
1) Dr. Martin Ericsson First Forensic Prize, fifteen dollars, to Harold
Christenson.
2) Dr. Martin Ericsson Second Forensic Prize, ten dollars, to Charles
Germany.
3) Gordh Memorial Scholarship, twenty-five dollars, to Robert Unmack.
4) Fred Swedberg Memorial Scholarship, twenty-five dollars, given by
the Newport church at Ellison Bay, Wis., to Helen Soder.
5) The Oscar Berglund Encouragement Scholarships.
Twenty-five dollars to Marjorie Malm; twenty-five dollars to Gladys
Carlson; Twenty-five dollars to Grace Martinson; twenty-five dollars
to Signe Anderson.
6) Bethel Alumni .Association Scholarships.
Twenty-five dollars to Elaine Pegors, college; twenty-five dollars
to Irwin Bjelland, seminary; thirty-five dollars to Barbara Edson,
college; thirty-five dollars to Robert Dischinger, seminary.
7) Samuel Fletcher Kerfoot Scholarship in Memoriam by Harold L.
Kerfoot, son of Dr. Samuel Fletcher Kerfoot, fifty dollars, to Ruth
Ekstrom.
8) The Dr. C. G. Emanuel Merit Scholarship, fifty dollars, to Robert
Sandin.
9) The Mr. and Mrs. Arnold W. Peterson Scholarship, fifty dollars, to
Betty Person.
10) Mr. and Mrs. Gustaf Westmo Scholarship, fifty dollars, to Lucille
Palmer.
11)‘ Signe Erickson Memorial Scholarship, fifty dollars, to Fred Miller.
12) Freda Wall Encouragement Scholarship, fifty dollars, to Dale Berry.
13) The Dr. and Mrs. Carl G. Burton Honor Scholarship, one hundred
dollars, to Donald Decker.
Chorus Comp letes Season SNt udents Pick
New Leaders
THE BETHEL CLARION
A bi-weekly campus newspaper.
BETHEL COLLEGE AND SEMINARY
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EDITORIAL POLICY
1. To maintain and promote the Christian principles of Bethel
Institute.
2. To promote scholarship.
3. To foster more school spirit. -
4. To establish a better understanding among the students.
Editor Robert Sandin
Ass't Editor Nettie Castle
News Editor Doris Engwall
Feature Editor Florence Bergman
Sports Editor Roy Nelson
Business Manager Jacqueline Lundquist
Circulation Manager Joyce Dubuque
Faculty Advisor La Von Berthel
The First Psalm
Blessed is the man who hath not walked astray
In counsel of the wicked, and in the way
Of sinners hath not stood, and in the seat
Of scorners halal_ not sat. But in the great
Jehovah's law is ever his delight,
And in his law he studies day and night.
He s.hall be as a tree which planted grows
By watery streams, and in his season knows
To yield his fruit, and his leaf shall not fall,
And what he takes in hand shall prosper all.
Not so the wicked, but as the chaff which fanned
The wind drives, so the wicked shall not stand
In judgment, or abide their trial then,
Nor sinners in the assembly of just men.
For the Lord knows the upright way of the just,
And the way of bad men to ruin must.
John Milton (1853)
Sentence Sermons
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Living and
Walking
"If we live in the Spirit, let us
also walk in the Spirit."
(Gal. 5:25).
Lest anyone should imagine that
a life which is lived step by step
with the Spirit is an irksome one,
let us be reminded that unfailing
obedience produces unfailing j o y
and peace. A joyless Christian is
almost invariably a disobedient
Christian. A life of self-renounc-ing
love is a life of liberty, for
"where the Spirit of the Lord is
(where I-4 is recognized and obey-ed)
there is liberty." Step by step
is the secret of a life that is nev-er
perturbed, never surprised by
sudden assaults of the evil one,
never shorn of its spiritual
strength. To follow thus will fill
our life with such joy and power
as we have never dreamed pos-sible.
Hear God
"He that hath ears to hear, let
him hear" (Matt. 11:15).
Why do we sometimes fail to
hear God speak? Is it possible to
have ears, yet not to hear? "If
you stood in a street where traf-fic
was abundant, creating a con-tinuous
rumble, it would be diffi-cult
to preach and to command at-tention
from the passers-by. The
mass of mankind is in that posi-tion
as to the sound of the Gospel.
The noise of trade, the cries of
competition, the whirl of care, the
risk of pleasure—all drown the
voice of Heavenly love and men
hear no sound of it."—Hallock. We
must ask God to shut out other
sounds and to unstop our ears that
we may hear his voice.
Taken from The King's Business.
New Officers
(Cont. from page 1)
On the same ballot, officers for
next year's student council were
elected. Robert Sandin will be
president, Mel Soneson vice-presi-dent,
and Eunice Peterson secre-tary-
treasurer.
Religious council officers w ere
chosen in two ballots, the first
being a "primary" election. The
final results: Ray Larson, presi-dent;
Maynard Johnson, vice-pres-ident;
Becky Iosty, secretary; and
Carl Olson, treasurer.
Officers for Missionary Band for
1946-7 as elected on Friday, May
17, are Vernie Stoneberg, presi-dent;
Gilbert Forsline, vice-presi-dent;
Goldie Erickson, secretary;
and Roy Nelson, treasurer.
Final results on the election at
the women's dormitory council
were not available at printing
time.
n tbe earprt By Pres. Henry Wingblade
We are told that Lord Tenny-son
was -walking with another
man in the Alps. Turning to his
friend as he pointed to the vast-ness
of the mountain, he s a i d,
"What if all this is nothing less
than the garment of God?"
I do like to think of all nature
as a kind of great extended meta-phor
of spiritual reality, every part
a symbol of some great invisible
truth.
When John Bunyun wrote Pil-grim's
Progress he w a s afraid
that people might read it only for
the simple basic story and not
get the spiritual truths implied
all along the way. But as we well
know now, the impacts of those
spiritual truths rank next to those
of the Bible.
But I am thinking of the coming
summer as it will flood the world
with sunshine—a symbol of God's
grace and love for the sons of
men. And then—the Holy Spirit.
How is He symbolized?
When the Bible speaks of the
Holy Spirit as wind, it always
implies recreation or resurrection
from the dead—or the new birth,
as seen in the case of the dry
bones of Ezekiel and set forth in
the quiet talk of Jesus to Nicode-mus.
"So is everyone who is born
of the spirit."
When the Bible speaks of the
Iloly Spirit as water, it implies
the cleansing and refreshing, and
also the filling and overflowing on
the part of the Spirit as is seen
when Jesus speaks to the woman
at the well and then in His great
promise in John .7:37-38.
When the Holy Spirit is sytubol-ized
by the fiery tongues we have
the warmth of testimony. Only
out of a warm spirit-kindled heart
can a warm tongue speak forth
the testimony of love and power.
And so this summer, when we
listen to the soughing of the ev-ening
breeze or to the murmurs
of the country brook, may they
remind us of the words of the
Christ: "So is every one who is
born of the Spirit," and "he shall
never thirst again,"—and may we
also testify faithfully thereof.
And so—abundant blessings to
all Bethelites till we meet again.
God has been good and He does
not change. Praise His holy Name
forever.
* * *
There is nothing so strong or
safe in an emergency of life as
the simple truth.
* * *
The best in life is in effort, not
attainment.
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Don't call the world dirty be-cause
you have forgotten to clean
your glasses.
* * *
He that is wise by day is no
fool by night.
* * *
Usually he is most empty who
is most full of himself.
* * *
If you faint in the day of adver-sity,
your strength i n d e e d is
small.
Why quarrel with a man to
NV h o m sincerity a n d insincerity
mean the same thing?
* * *
He who does not look forward
remains behind.
* * *
Strong convictions in a k e great
decisions.
God is, and nothing good is im-possible.
Psalm of the Good Teacher
The Lord is my Teacher;
I shall not lose the way to wisdom
He leadeth me in the lowly path of learning,
He prepareth a lesson for me every day.
-He findeth the clear fountain of instruction—
Little by little He showeth me the beauty of truth.
'I'.he world is a great book that He has written,
He turneth the leaves for me slowly;
They are all inscribed with images and letters—
His voice poureth light on the pictures and the words.
Then am I glad when I perceive His meaning.
He taketh me by the hand to the hill-top of wisdom;
In the valley, also, He walketh beside me,
And in the dark places H whispereth in my ,heart.
Yea, though my lesson be hard, it is not hopeless,
For the Lord is very patient with His slow scholar.
He will wait awhile for my weakness—
He will help me to read the truth through tears—
Surely Thou wilt enlighten me daily by joy and by sorrow,
And lead me at last, 0 Lord, to the perfect knowledge of Thee.
Henry Van Dyke
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By Mabel Anderson
The dorm was unusually quiet.
Everyone had taken advantage of
the sunny Sunday afternoon, and
the Bethel population had evident-ly
migrated to Como Park. It
seemed that the only one "home"
was the operator. The quietness
was a stimulus to dreaming, and
it wasn't long before thoughts of
the almost gone school year were
going through her mind—the ever
repeated phrases such as "Bethel
College and Seminary," "Yes, we
have girls that take care of child-ren,"
"I'm sorry, all the lines are
busy," and "No, I -don't know -
where Mrs. Hademan is"— Then
there was Ginnie "Pete" who did
the cleaning. How often she would
stand at the top of the stairs with
mop in her hand (and her mop on
the top of her head) and say, "Are
there any men a r oun d?"—And
one could never forget Roy Nelson
and his frequent visitations—
"Buzz the red head will ya."—"Oh,
tell him I'm indisposed. I'll be out
in two minutes." The operator is
still waiting for a different reply
from this fair attraction. But then
there's nothing like keeping the
men waiting—(as long as it's not
in the church).
Little Jimmie, the five year old
blonde, heart-throb on the campus
will never be forgotten. Usually
the "fellow on the beam" knows
all the answers, but this little guy
asks all the questions. One day
he inquired about the switchboard
and he was answered that he
would know when he grew up.
That was the wrong thing to say!
Jim replied, "I'll have you know
I'm five and I can count up to
100!"
Most fellows ask the operator
to buzz one individual, but Sher-burne
Ray likes a little variety
and just says, "Buzz all the girls
in 325." What a letdown when
Nettie answers. "We can't go. The
buzzer just woke us up." Yes, the
switchboard is even an alarm
clock, and times like that can be
most alarming especially to Gospel
team leader Sherburne Ray.
Dreaming is all right, that is
when no one's home. But when
dorm residents arrive one can't
even concentrate on d r e a m in g.
The question has been asked, "Is-n't
this a boring job?" To which
we'll reply, "switchboard? Nope."
In fact right now seeing as the
school year is just about over the
prevailing question is, "Say do you
suppose I can sign up for next
year?" So students we'll be see-ing
you. Give us a BUZZ some
time.
THE BETHEL CLARION Page 3
Sem Snatches
By Bill Peterson Class Prophecy Switcboard
Fantacy We have heard of acute housing
shortages. We have heard - of the
extreme difficulties encountered in
securing material for building
homes. We have received reports
of war veterans obtaining house-trailers
from the Army, which they
intended to make their habitation
until the shortage is p a s t. We
have heard of several cases in
which individuals have made
appeals to various forts for mat-erials
with which they might
build their homes. But we have
never he'ard of so small a creat-ure
as a robin attacking Fort Hod-ges
for housing materials. The
little fellow and his better half
built their home in the sacred se-clusion
of a ledge in the seminary
chapel. It's surprising what short-ages
can do.
At this writing we have just
emerged from one of the most
boisterous weeks in the school
year. S e m i n a r y seniors, large,
small, and middle-sized (That's a
pun in case you don't catch on.
If you still don't know what I'm
talking about, take a look at Burt
Ankerberg) were given their year-ly
washings in the cool, refreshing
waters of Bath-tub L a k e. Burt
Ankerberg barricaded the door of
his room very affectively, and de-fended
himself single-handed
against twenty-five or thirty under-classmen
for more than a hour. By
the time he was routed through
S h or t y "T h e Worm" Bjelland's
storming of his windowless tran-som,
he was so soaked by buckets
of liquid that had been poured on
him through the overhead opening,
that his tormentors got wet carry-ing
him down the hall.
Some graduates put up tremen-dous
battles before they succumb-ed
to the water treatment, but
there was one glorious exception.
"Buck" Agee seemed more anx-ious
to get thrown in the tub than
the dorm fellows were to put him
there. He practically jumped in.
John is still trying to rub the red
ink off his midriff.
A most peculiar phenomena
occurs in conjunction with these
widely reported bath-tub parties.
When people are being thrown in,
the hall is filled with forms of all
sizes, shapes, and what have you,
running, flying, or sliding back
and forth on the water-flooded.
floor. But when it's all over and
somebody brings out the m o p,
eighteen doors are slammed and
locked, and t h e place gets so
quiet ,you'd think everyone was
fast asleep. A most remarkable
occurence.
Well, I can tell you sincerely
that I am tremendously relieved
that this is the last time I'll be
plagued with this column. As I'm
writing this, the editor is sitting
here with his foot on my ball and
chain, a baseball bat in his right
hand, and Birdell Emmel's razor
in his left. It is a very uncomfort-able
situation( and by no means
conducive to amusing writing.) But
at any rate, we in the dorm want
to extend to everyone best wishes
\ for a joyous and useful summer.
By-Pauline Widen and Doris Engwall
One gloomy day as we were sitting by Como Lake, we saw a cur-ious
earthen jar floating toward shore. As it washed upon the sand,
we excitedly opened it. A prodigious, gargantuan Genie sprang forth
and threatened to take our lives.
"Nip,. No!" we screamed in unison, "Spare our poor souls!"
"Very well," the Genie said. "You shall have two choices. Either
die, or listen to the 1946 Class Prophecy of Bethel College."
Our choice was instantaneous. "We have no choice. Take our
lives and spare us this dire torture."
"For that caustic remark you shall undergo both the prophecy and
death," replied the Genie.
We swooned—our minds became balls of fire—but what could we
do? Here then, are the exact words that the Genie spoke to us.
"While walking about town on a Saturday morning I discovered
a slight trace of your Sophomore class. The first thing that caught
my attention were the glaring headlines of the St. Paul Dispatch which
read: NEW YORK YANKEES WIN WORLD SERIES FOR 27TH CON-SECUTIVE
TIME. Immediately I became interested and went on to
read the rest of the article. Eleanore "Sluggo" Anderson, the greatest
Manager in the team's history had led the Yankees through a success-ful
season for the 27th time. Star pitcher, Rapid Robert Sandin, per-fected
his super drop ball and held the opposing team, the Tilden Gram-mar
School Redbirds to a hitless game. Biggest excitement in the
game came in the fifth inning when the Yankees most faithful supporter,
Edna Sahl, threw a pop bottle at umpire Vernie Stoneberg. Incidentally,
she knocked him cold. When asked to explain her conduct, Miss Sahl
replied emphatically that he was definitely calling the balls wrong.
Turning over the page, a picture in the lower left hand corner
caught my eye. What could this be.? Aha—a picture of Dagmar Jensen
combing her hair with an egg beater. This new fad, originated by Miss
Jensen, has become a sensation throughout the country.
As I skimmed through the rest of the paper, I paused at the comic
section to see if Axel the Apeman, a new strip written by Betty Person,
had escaped from the trap set for him by "Flossie" a character which
Miss Person had created in honor of Florence Peterson, her girlfriend
from college days.
Leaving the newsstand I saw a large crowd gathering on the corner
of Seventh and Wabasha. Curious to see what was going on, I elbowed
my way through to the front and lo and behold what should I see but
Rev. Robert Daley laying the cornerstone for the new popcorn stand
owned and operated jointly by Myrtle Krueger and Florence Hedman
Incorporated. I arrived just in time to hear Rev. Daley read the contents
of the box. It contained, he said, the latest book of the month selection,
"Why I Hate Men" by Maxine Bjork, a colored, autographed picture
of Lucille Kirstein, first woman president of the United States, and an
I. 0. U. note from Hazelruth Quiggle dating back s to her coffee shop days
at Bethel.
Looking through the crowd I spied Mrs. Phil Johnson, known to me
in forfner days as Barbara Edson. I edged my way to her and proceeded
to renew my acquaintance. She was delighted to see me and immediately
produced an interesting letter and some pictures from India which she
had received from Mrs. Dana Larson. The pictures, which were taken
at a missionary conference in Calcutta portrayed several familiar
faces ... Among those that I recognized were Elaine Pegors, who, the
letter related, had just recently escaped from her third encounter with
a boa constrictor. Standing at her side was Eunice Herboldt whose
successful dealings with the economic problems of India have brought
her world-wide fame and fortune.
But now little Phil Jr. had become restless and began pulling on his
mother's skirt so it was necessary for Barbara to be on her way. She
only had time to say over her shoulder as she left that that night she
would be attending the wedding of Grace Jorgensen to a handsome,
prosperous doctor. She also mentioned that Rev. Robert Swanson,
pastor of the First Baptist Church of St. Paul would perform the cere-mony.
Ambling on, I noticed a huge billboard on the side of the building
which announced the arrival of the Budapest Musical Trio to Northrup
Auditorium. The trio, which had been organized shortly after their
Bethel days was composed of Helen Holle, clarinetist extraordinary,
Kay Darling, brilliant pianist, and Annella Krueger, vocalist. Although
Miss Krueger had been offered a position with the Metropolitan Opera
Company and the others, seats in various noted orchestras, they pre-ferred
to remain together. They had just returned from a tour of
Europe where they had played before Prime Minister Vasil Tanyas of
Yugoslavia.
As I walked further on, the aroma of fried onions filled my nostrils.
I followed the scent to the "Greasy Spoon" restaurant where the propri-etor,
Marie Ann Hedberg stood in the doorway. Her days in the Bethel
Coffee Shop had given her invaluable experience in this line. Behind
the counter was Marianne Schouweiler, who was busy preparing a
"Dagwood" sandwich for Alice Edwall, a frequenter of the shop.
Through the kitchen doorway Dorothy Dahlman could be seen waving a
spatula in the air and singing a harmonious duet with dishwasher Clara
Hintz. (Cont. on page 6)
Page 4 THE BETHEL CLARION
On the Atom Bomb
Orch•i d.' s Eye Vi• ew
By Milton Paulson
By Thelma
The "big noise" of the Clarion
Staff dragged me into the Clarion
office one day and said, "I want
a technical article on the atom
bomb from Prof. Norstrom." So
what could I do? She's my room-mate!
My experience as an inquiring
reporter was v e r y limited (or
should I say void), but, neverthe-less,
I undertook my assignment
with vigor.
Me: Mr. Norstrom, could you
tell m e what makes the atom
bomb work?
Mr. Norstrom (with furrowed
brow) : No, that's a military secret
about which I have not yet been
informed.
Me: Oh.
I was satisfied to take "no" for
an answer, but the Clarion Staff
("big noise") wasn't so I under-took
my assignment again.
Me: Mr. Norstrom, could y o u
tell me something about splitting
the atom?
Mr. Norstrom: Well, I can try.
Before long he was expounding
the mysteries of the atomic theory.
"The isotopes of Uranium-235
are easily decomposed, but the or-dinary
Uranium of atomic weight
238 which is , found in nature is
not easily split up. It has an aver-age
1 i f e of about two million
years; hence, it is quite a stable
e 1 e m e n t. Science, however, has
developed a method whereby U-238
may be changed to the isotope,
U-235.
"A neutron is fired with great
force into U-238 (that is, natural
Uranium) with the result that the
extra neutron is added to the nu-cleus
forming an isotope having
an atomic weight of 239. This is-otope,
however, is unstable and
Consider the many hours you
have spent in the lounge of our
women's dormitory, listening t o
records, making pop corn, fighting
over funnies, and—humm—v i s i t-ing.
Were • you aware of the fact
that you were under the observing
blue eyes of an ever-present chap-erone?
This matron of the Bethel
lounge has the enviable position
of a fly on a wall. She sees all,
hears all, but tells nothing. I im-agine
her ability to tune in on all
the conversations and join the
most exclusive of gatherings af-fords
her a very liberal educati9n,
and a sophisticated insight to hu-man
nature. She must chuckle at
the inadequacy of Castle's gossip
column, "Dorm Doin's" as it is
published in every Clarion and di-gested
ferociously by all our stu-dents.
So Ike thought no one was the
wiser when he broke the vase
which held our rubber plant! Did
Eel and Root think their animated
conversation on the dival by the
piano went unheard? They were
mistaken, friends. There was a
Burgeson
immediately loses an electron be-coming
Neptunium, element No.
93. This element, too, is short-lived,
losing two nuclear electron
almost immediately converting
two neutrons into protons with the
result that element No. 94, or Plu-tonium
is formed. It now loses an
Alpha particle and Uranium 235 is
formed." Simple, eh, what?
Mr. Norstrom went on to say
that the fact that we can start
with normal Uranium, and by
these steps produce U-235 makes
Uranium a practical source of en-ergy.
If we liad to depend upon
nature for our supply, we would
obtain very little.
By means of the cyclotron, pro-jectiles
are hurled at the nuclei of
U-235 and within a fraction of a
second, one million U-235 nuclei
are split producing two million
lighter atoms. This bombardment
is carried on with the result that
the f a s t moving projectiles are
continually being released a t a
ration of two to o n e, thereby,
emitting tremendous energy.
Thus far, practical use of the
split atom is hindered by the cost
of the procedure. Millions of dol-lars
are necessary to furnish the
equipment and carry out the pro-duction
of U-235. The value of ob-taining
a less expensive means of
deriving U-235, however, can be
seen in the yield from one pound
of this isotope.
11,400,000 Kilowatt-hours
1,500 tons of coal
200,000 gallons of gasoline.
There are untold possibilities in
this field. Who knows, perhaps
even a Bethel Student may pass
through t h e portals o f atomic
fame (in other words, here's a way
to get a big bang out of life)!
silent listener there, leering at
them, taking everything in. How-ever,
Ike, Ruth, and Eel can stop
quaking in their loafers. They
can cancel all plans they may
have started for a public confes-sion
of their deeds, and reimburse-ment
for damage done, for unlike
most w o m e n, this well-informed
guest never divulges a secret.
Many of the students using the
lounge a r e unconscious o f her
presence, but not everyone is tot-ally
oblivious to her steady gaze.
There are rumors that she has
been found standing upside down,
on her head, mind you, with a
light glaring up into her eyes after
the sitting room ,had been occupied
by one of the most well-known
couples here at school.
By this time your curiosity is
no doubt piqued. Or have you
guessed who the little lady is?
This phantom-like member of the
vigilante is none other than the
portrait of Lady Bodine, the first
president of Bethel's Women's As-sociation.
Perhaps you too, have
been the subject of her constant
watchfulness.
I was delivered on Friday after-noon,
May 17. A girl with her
hair wrapped in a white towel
took one quick look at me and fell
over backwards exclaiming, "The
guy's rich after all. He sent me a
whole big scrumptous orchid." A
kind lady with a quick, little walk
saw to it that I was placed in a
very cold room with shelves full
of food. while the nurse revived
the girl.
After an hour or two in a frigid
atmosphere trying my best to look
like a twelve dollar orchid, I was
removed and was carefully pinned
onto a filmy white gown. The
girl's condition had improved con-siderably
by that time, and I
might say conservatively that I
was proud to be in her possession.
She walked down the stairway
into a big room full of soft chairs,
and people. The crowd assembled
there gasped and whispered,
"Look, an orchid—and it's real
too. Who is she going with any-way?"
About this time I felt very
proud because I thought people
were looking primarily at me.
The girl with the white gown
soon met a tall, dark, gentleman
and she stopped to pin a white
carnation to his lapel and to com-pliment
him on his appearance.
They exchanged glances and blush-e
d simultaneously. I though t,
"This can't be love because I feel
so well," but adventures later in
the evening proved otherwise.
She took his arm (tightly) as
they marched down to the ban-quet
hall. The gentleman seated
the girl in white, and the banquet
began. Due to crowded conditions
the girl sat half way under the
table. This was very injurious to
my form but few noticed it, I hope.
Towards the end of the meal
my countenance was beginning to
sag, but with renewed courage I
tried to keep up appearances.
Then there was that taxi ride,
crushing to say the least. The
guy didn't have to hold her so
tight, did he? Orchid he? No-body
paid any attention to me any-more.
I was just a has been. I
didn't try any longer to smell be-cause
I knew no one cared.
Now I'm in this cold room again,
trying to retain some of my beauty
after that rugged night, but look-ing
like only the four dollar kind.
Silent Listener By Taffy Bergman
esson In Concentration
"The term 'foreign exchange rate' means the rate at which the
money of-one country can be exchanged for the money of other coun-tries."
A lot of good it does me to know what the foreign exchange rate
is. I haven't got anything to exchange in the first place, and if I had, all
my creditors would snow me under before I could snap my fingers. Well,
maybe someday I'll get some money. Hey, get back to work. We've got
a test on this stuff tomorrow. Why did I wait so long to get started on
it? Boy, next year it's going to be different. Why can't I concentrate?
Maybe it's stuffy in here. I'll open the window.
Now let's see, "The term—" Oh yeah, I read that. "An American
traveler about to embark for England wishes to exchange his dollars for
pounds sterling, for, of course, American mon���." I wonder what it
would be like to go to England. Maybe I will someday. Who knows?
Not a chance. No money. Get back to work, you dope. You're just
wasting time. No wonder it takes you fifteen minutes to read a page.
You sit and dream most of the time. Yeah, but this is a tough book.
C. E. said so. So what? Get busy.
"How many dollars must he ,give for the pound sterling? If both
countries are on the gold standard—" What was it he said about the
gold standard? England was off and we were on? They always told
me that all the countries of the world went off the gold standard a
few years ago. Or maybe nobody told me. I might have imagined it
myself. But I'm so messed up now, I don't even know what the gold
standard is.
Jeepers, I'll never get this finished by tomorrow. Let's see, how
many pages more? I wonder what'll happ6n if I don't do it. I can bluff
my way through some way. I know what the foreign exchange rate is
anyway. When he asks that question I'll answer it, and he'll think I read
the whole chapter. A
-.-
What time is it? Boy, it sure gets late in a hurry. Ho hum. I
never saw anybody who yawned as much as I do. Some day I'm going
to stay in bed and sleep all day long. Now what else do I have to do
for tomorrow. Logic. I'm gonna hafta start reading that stuff pretty
soon too. I'll probably end up in the same pickle I was in at mid-quarters.
Well, I haven't got time to do it now. Speech. Do we have
anything for that? Nah, I don't think so. He won't call on we tomorrow.
German. I can do that second period. I really ought to read some of
those poems too. Oh well. I ought to read some history too sometime.
Jeepers, am I ever behind! Not much to do about it though. It's time to
go to bed now.
(Ed. note. These are operations in the mind of a college sophomore
while reading page 607 of Principles of Economics by Garver and Han-sen.
They are submitted without comment as a lesson in concentration.)
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THE BETHEL CLARION Page 5
Bethelites Make Plans for Summer
This being the end of the year,
we thought it would be nice for
everybody to know where every-body
is going this summer. So our
inquiring reporter got to work and
asked around school in a hurried
sort of a way, and this is the re-sult.
Hazel Larson—Work in resort at
Pequot Lakes in -mornings, swim
in afternoons (I hope).
Jewell Ernest—Stay in cities and
work. I am looking for a secre-tarial
job. Tel. No. NE 7568.
Janet Hagan—Secretary at Elec-tronic
Distributing Corporation.
Irene Kemis—Teach Bible school
in June and be secretary the
rest of the summer.
Jim Rentz—S t u d y my German
that I didn't study during the
year. My telphone number will
be the same as Miss Effie Nel-son's.
Earl Hoagberg—S e 11 pencils on
University and Snelling.
Dorothy Carlson—Marian Johnson
and I are starting a music con-servatory
in Portland, The City
of Roses.
Prof. Archerd—Teach in Hamline
University. In my spare time,
work in my garden.
Donald Brink—G o i n g to Canada
with Earl Quesnell.
Donald Edson—G o to summer
school and. . . fish!
Donella Grobe—It's a big ques-tion
(?)
Nancy Olmstead—Work at home.
Catherine Nelson — Sell shoe-strings
on University and Snell-ing.
Phyllis Hammond—Raise corn in
Sinea City.
Grace Martinson—G e t married so
that I can live in the married
couple's dorm next year.
Mel Soneson—Feed cows and milk
chickens. Also sell varnish!
Gordon Krantz—Going back home
to Red Wing.
Louise Hansen —Going fishing!
(We. ask, "What for?")
B o b Sandin — Student missionary
in Carp and Rako, Minn.
John Leggett—Go home and work,
so that I can pay these money
"hounds" around here.
Evelyn Gates—Plow corn.
Doris Johnson— Write letters, I
suppose.
Lois Norberg—Teach Bible school.
Bob Brunko—Take over pastorate
of First Pentecostal Church, Au-rora,
Wis. Take guitar lessons.
Walter Eddy—I am working at the
Union Gospel Mission again this
year. I will work with children
and men (women?) huba, huba.
Also have street meetings. This
is a real blessing to me—giving
out the Word to the world.
Bill Peterson—Work at home and
save money for medical school
next year. Work in home church
also.
Jim Anderson—Pick fleas on bay-mares
and send them C. 0. D.
to -my girl.
Al Gustafson—Stay right here.
Helen Voight—Work in Dad's res-taurant.
Henry Peterson—W o r k on farm
and pick cherries.
Roy Nelson—Ask Jean.
Russell Voight—Operate a restaur-ant,
teach Bible school, sleep!
Herb Ellison—Go to summer
school. Be a counselor at Wood
Lake Bible Camp. Make a trip
out West, too.
Jim Troxel—Go to summer school,
help with Bible conferences, be
a counselor in various camps, do
Gospel team work.
Deloris Erickson—L earn how to
cook—(Poor Dave! ) _-
Florence Bergman—Work and be
a counselor in a camp. Think up
something to pay those boys
back.
Thelma Burgeson—Go to summer
school and work.
Ruth Ekstrom—Work and take pi-ano
lessons.
Al Brown—Tote a gun.
Bette Mae Nelson—Work at
Brown a n d Bigelow's on the
night shift.
Carl Edwards—Go to school.
Trudy Lehman—Go to summer
school and also on a trip.
Milton Paulson—Drafted or work
in Rilco-Rafftee Co.
Don Patet—Go to school and work.
Joyce Dubuque—Work for a while
and then travel.
Evelyn Christenson—Going to Vic-tory
Sky Pilots at Winona Lake
and be a secretary to Mr. Hart:
ford,-Pres. V. S. P. (P. S.—Chris
will also be there.) •
Miss Berthel—Go to Northwestern
University and date during ev-enings.
Annabelle Sherman—Sit right here
(in my office).
Harold Christenson—Instruct peo-ple
in flying.
Herb Johnson—W o r k in b o y' s
camp.
Doris Engwall—Go to Chicago.
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On Wednesday, May 15, Bethel
suffered its worst setback of this
year when it was trounced by a
high-flying Hamline nine in Nor-ton
field. The score was 15-4.
Hamline unleased a terrific nine-teen-
hit attack, with every man in
the lineup except one getting at
least one hit. First baseman
Thompson paced the assault on
Bethel's Bob Sandin with two
singles, two doubles, and a home-run
in six times at bat. Shortstop
Seitz also hit for the circuit, be-sides
pounding out a double and
a triple in his five times at bat.
Five other Hamline players col-lected
two hits each.
Hamline opened the scoring in
the first inning of the game with
three runs on two doubles and a
single. Pitcher Bob Sandin's
homer into the left field stands in
the last half of the inning gave
the Bethelites a ray of hope and
hits by Bob Nelson, Picker, and
Bud Peterson in the second inn-ing
narrowed the margin to 3-2.
However, a conglomeration of four
Bethel errors and three solid sing-les
gave the Pipers five runs in
the third inning and from then on
the issue was settled.
Four more runs were scored by
Hamline in the sixth frame, one in
the seventh, and two in the ninth,
while Bethel picked up one tally
in both the seventh and eighth in-nings.
Bob Sandin and Bill Peter-son
shared the pitching duties for
Bethel, Sandin being charged with
the defeat. Hamline's Miller went
the route, yielding a total of nine
hits to Bethel bats.
Class Prophecy
(Cont. from page 3)
Suddenly over the restaurant
radio came a familiar voice. It
was the outstanding sports com-mentator
Edna Buller, announcing
the winners of the super-muscle
contest sponsored by the ABCD
Vitamin Co. owned by Eloise Jen-sen.
I was not surprised to hear
that Leroy Gardner, President of
t h e Ober Club h a d taken first
place.
After the sports analysis, the
University of Bethel Roundtable
discussion came on the air, with
Jean Lindblom, of Princeton Uni-versity
and Jean Hamlett, head of
the German department at the
University of Chicago leading it.
The topic of the hour was:
"Should a course in the art of bub-ble
gum blowing be required for
a Ph. D. degree?"
Suddenly t h e Genie stopped
speaking. A shudder ran through
him. "I can't stand it" he scream-ed!
"To be a member of this
class is a worse fate than death.
You both shall live."
He groaned, shook convulsively,
and disappeared into the bottle.
We picked up our shattered nerves
and went home.
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Bethany 2 2 .500
Concordia 2 3 .400
Luther 1 3 .250
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Page 6 THE BETHEL CLARION
Season Ends for Indians Sandin Leads Hitters
Bow to Concordia, 7-2
Bethel College brought down the curtain on its 1946 baseball season
on Tuesday, May 21 in a game played against Concordia College in Como
Park. The game was loosely played, with Concordia walking off the
field with a 7-2 victory. It was Bethel's third straight decisive defeat,
and their second of the season at the hands of conference opponents.
Concordia got off to a flying start in the first inning. After two
v, ere out, Baem singled to right. Otto followed with a hard hit single
that bounced over right fielder Voight's head, and both runners crossed
the plate. Boettcher fanned to end the inning.
The Comets collected another score in the sixth inning. Myhr was
safe on Voight's error. Seehausen hit a double play ball to Eddy, who
was over-anxious and fumbled, putting two Concordia men on base.
Braem forced Myrh, Sandin to Olson, and Otto struck out. Boettcher
walked filling the bases. Seehausen then stole home neatly, but Boett-cher
was picked off first base for the third out of the
The seventh inning netted four runs on two hits for Concordia.
After Wentzel grounded out and E. Hafner fanned, M. Hafner was
safe on an error. Friedrichs walked, and both runners advanced on a
passed ball. Myhr was intentionally passed filling the bases. Seehausen
singled to left center, Hafner and Friedrichs scoring and Myhr going
to third. Seehausen stole second. Braem then singled to right, driving
Myhr and Seehausen across the plate, but he was thrown out stealing
second, the play going from Bill Peterson to Picker.
Meanwhile Bethel bats had been nearly silent. During the first
seven innings only four men reached base, and only one got at far as
second. But with one out in the eighth frame the Indians came to life.
Landsberg singled to left, and went to second when the ball got away
from left fielder Wentzel. Bud Peterson hit a high fly down the right
field line for a double, but Landsberg could only go to third. Daley
then singled through the box to score both runners. Bethel threatened
again in the ninth inning, having the bases full with one out, but they
were unable to score.
The game kept the rivalry between the two schools at a peak.
Bethel won four and lost two of the athletic contests played his year,
and next year gives promise of a spirited renewal of the rivalry.
The box score:
BETHEL
Betting records compiled at the end of the baseball season, had at
the top of the list the name of Bob Sandin, Bethel captain, whose
fourteen hits in thirty-nine official times at bat for an average of .356
was tops for the club. In hot pursuit was Bill Peterson, Bob's battery-mate
in most of the contests, who had twelve-for-thirty-four for a .353
average. Carl Olson, who participated in only eight of the twelve games,
took third place with .343.
Six players hit over .300 for the season, and the team average
stood at .240. Strikeout king for the year was Bob Daley who whiffed
nineteen times. Bob Picker took second place with sixteen strikeouts
to his credit.
Picker also had the somewhat dubious honor of committing the
most errors on the -team, making eleven of them. However, Bud Peter-son
gave him a close race as he made ten misplays. The team made
a total of 53 errors, a little
G AB H Pct. SO PO A E
Sandia 12 39 14 .356 5 9 24 4
Wm. Peterson 11 34 12 .353 7 84 25 4
Olson 8 35 12 .343 5 10 16 1
Landsberg 11 18 6 .333 6 7 0 3
Leggett 2 3 1 .333 2 1 0 0
Sahlin 8 31 10 .323 8 42 9 4
B. Nelson 10 20 4 .250 6 0 1 0
Eddy 11 45 11 .244 2 21 8 4
Voight 11 27 5 .185 13 3 0 2
R. Nelson 10 27 5 .185 10 34 6 6
Daley 12 30 5 .167 19 12 1 2
W. Peterson 12 25 4 .160 8 8 2 10
Picker 12 40 5 .125 16 31 19 11
Rentz 3 5 0 .000 0 0 0 0
Team Total 133 379 57 92 .243 110 268 112 53
Key: G—Games; AB—Times at Bat; R—Runs; H—Hits; SO—Strike-outs;
PO—Putouts; A—Assists E—Errors)
Nine Looses at New Ulm
more than four per game.
R
14
5
5
3
1
6
4
9
1
4
3
3
4
0
AB R H PO A E
Olson 3 b 4 0 2 1 0 0
Eddy s s 4 0 0 1 1 1
Sandin p 3 0 1 1 5 1
B. Peterson c 3 0 0 10 6 0
R. Nelson 1 b 4 0 1 7 0 0
Picker 2 b 4 0 0 6 1 2
Voight r 2 0 0 0 0 2
Landsberg r f 1 1 1 0 0 0
B. Nelson 1 f 2 0 0 0 1 0
W. Peterson 1 f 1 1 1 0 0 0
Daley c f 3 0 1 1 0 0
Totals 31 2 7 27 14 6
CONCORDIA
AB R H PO A E
Myhr p 4 1 0 0 1
0
Seehausen 2 b 4 2 1 1 1
Braem c
4 1 2 13 2
0
Otto s s
4 1 1 0' 4
0
Boettcher 1 b 3 0 0 8 0
1
Wentzel 1 f
3 0 0 1 0
1
Mueller 2 b 2 0 1 2 1
0
E. Hafner 2 b 2 0' 0 I 1
0
M. Hefner c f 3 1 0 1 0
0
Friedrichs r f 3 1 0 0 0
0
Totals 32 7 5 27 10
On Saturday, May 18, Bethel
College traveled to New Ulm,
Minnesota and lost their first con-ference
game of this season to
Martin Luther College. by a score
of 10-4. Lack of Bethel hits, loose
fielding, and some timely hitting
by several New Ulm men meant
the difference between victory and
defeat.
The game started well for Beth-el
when in the first inning the
Bethelites scored t h r e e markers
on three hits, two walks, and an
error.' However Luther pulled the
same trick in the last half of the
inning and tied the score at 3-3.
In the fourth D. M. L. C. went in-to
a 4-2 lead on a walk, a single,
and a double. An inning later the
hosts picked up two more runs,
two Bethel fielding errors being
the means.
Bethel meanwhile was ,effective-ly
throttled by Luther's Dietz, and
no one went beyond second base
until Eddy scored from first on 01-
son's two-bagger in the seventh.
The eighth inning was a big one
for Luther as they cashed in on
lack of control on the part of Beth-el
pitchers and scored three runs
on two hits. In the eighth the
home team scored its tenth and
last run on walks and a hit bats-man.
Carl Olson pitched for the In-dians
until relieved by Bob Sandin
in the seventh. Dietz pitched the
whole game for Luther, allowing
only six hits. Bethel made four
runs, six hits, and seven errors,
to Luther's ten runs, eight hits,
and two errors.